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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 12, 2004Harris County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2004, 11:00 PM EDT for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2004, 11:00 PM EDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2004, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harris County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 12, 11:10 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Hamilton, GA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 12, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2004-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2004-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

812 
WUUS52 KFFC 130300
SVRATL
GAC145-130330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1058 PM EDT MON APR 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1053 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH OF HAMILTON...ENTERING SOUTHWEST
  MUCSOGEE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HAMILTON...
PINE MOUNTAIN...SHILOH...AND WAVERLY HALL.

THIS STORM HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
GOLF
BALLS.  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3260 8505 3278 8513 3286 8515 3284 8467
          3273 8471 3260 8480

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike23 min
Apr 12, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper23 min
Apr 12, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee26 min
Apr 12, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee23 min
Apr 12, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether32 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.